The names of 58 people who died the night of the 2017 shooting at a Strip music festival and in the immediate aftermath were read aloud in a ceremony.
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The event included a minute of silence for victims of the shooting and remarks from Gov. Joe Lombardo and Sheriff Kevin McMahill.
Former Sgt. Josh Bitsko was one of a handful of people who entered the gunman’s hotel room after the 2017 mass shooting on the Strip that killed 60.
Local governments and community groups are hosting several events urging unity to mark the eighth anniversary of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
“Christmas On The Strip” at the former Route 91 Harvest site opens Saturday and runs through Dec. 29.
The 60 people who died from injuries they suffered in a mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip on Oct. 1, 2017, were remembered at a sunrise ceremony.
Five survivors, gathered at an exhibit in honor of the Oct. 1 shooting, remembered both the tragedy and the healing they’ve experienced since.
Sixty people were killed in the attack during the Route 91 Harvest Festival, and hundreds were wounded. It remains the worst mass casualty shooting event in U.S. history.
Route 91 Harvest festival survivors struggled with mental health ailments years after the mass shooting on the Strip, according to a Boston University-led study.
The singer, who was on stage during the Oct. 1, 2017 mass shooting at Route 91 Harvest, has drawn ire over his latest single that compares city and small-town lifestyles when addressing violent crime.
The memorial will remember the 60 people killed in the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. It will be built on the corner of East Reno Avenue and Giles Street.
One gambler told the FBI that Stephen Paddock, who opened fire on concertgoers on Oct. 1, 2017, killing 60, was “very upset at the way casinos were treating him.”
The sale, marks a new chapter for a property that once had unspeakable violence.
MGM Resorts International has sold the Village, which includes most of the site of the 2017 Route 91 Harvest Festival, to the Three Affiliated Tribes of North Dakota, the company announced Friday.
A group of Democratic lawmakers filed a bill Wednesday to ban high-capacity ammunition magazines that have been used in most mass shootings including the Oct. 1 tragedy in Las Vegas.